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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
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Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
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From: mnowak@umich.edu (Mike Nowak)
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:07:15 -0500
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Article: 16782 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.politics.greens, alt.org.earth-first, talk.environment, sci.environment, sci.energy, alt.org.earth-first, alt.save.the.earth, alt.sustainable.energy, alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.agriculture, sci.econ, sci.energy, sci.environment, talk.environment
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Organization: The University of Michigan
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References: <329A0BFF.6F01@interport.net> <57d3qt$77p@news.inforamp.net> <jcallan-2711960054290001@mac03.pearse.pclab.tcd.ie> <57flr4$ibn@news.inforamp.net>
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Xref: newz.oit.unc.edu alt.politics.greens:24216 alt.org.earth-first:7114 talk.environment:79502 sci.environment:113529 sci.energy:59427 alt.save.the.earth:26773 alt.sustainable.agriculture:16782 sci.agriculture:16588 sci.econ:61287
In article <57flr4$ibn@news.inforamp.net>, dlj@pobox.com wrote:
> My only point was that it was an unproductive technology.
Monoculture, growing only one cash crop, is the "modern" way to grow food.
Sustainable agriculture involves growing several complementary crops. This
monoculture, growing only potatoes, was forced on the Irish by English
landowners. All other crops were shipped to England. Economically, they
had no choice but to grow potatoes for their own use. This isn't bad
technology, it's mercantilism.
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